Silicon Bites Ep329 | 2026-05-01 | Russia is turning into burning hell, as the motor of its war economy goes up in flame – the oil infrastructure that Putin’s power depends on is being systematically destroyed. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. «Посеешь ветер — пожнешь бурю» Comrade. Perm burns, deep in the Russian Urals as Lukoil's largest refinery is hit and Tuapse is smacked for the fourth time. It is 30 April 2026. The city of Perm, in the Russian Urals, sits more than fifteen hundred kilometres from the Ukrainian border. It is, by any conventional military measure, supposed to be safe. It is the sort of place Russian state media has spent four years assuring its citizens is permanently beyond the reach of Ukraine's response.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur events of the first half of the year in Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. Any support you can provide for the fundraising campaign would be gratefully appreciated. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SOURCES:Bloomberg — "Ukraine Strikes Key Russian Refinery, Pumping Station in Perm" (30 April 2026) Ukrainska Pravda — "Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery and pumping station in Russia's Perm again" (30 April 2026) Euromaidan Press — "SBU drones hit Lukoil's Perm refinery — 1,500 km from Ukraine" (30 April 2026) The Moscow Times — "Chemical Emergency Alert Issued in Perm After Ukraine Strikes Industrial Sites" (30 April 2026)RBC-Ukraine — "Major Russian refinery key unit ablaze after Ukrainian drone strike" (30 April 2026) The Defense News — "Ukrainian Drones Strike Major Russian Oil Refinery in Perm Over 1,500 km from Border" (30 April 2026)Newswall / NewsMezha — "SBU says long-range drones attacked Lukoil refinery in Perm, large fires erupted" (30 April 2026) AP / Click On Detroit — "Ukraine says a strike hit Tuapse oil terminal, the fourth attack on the region in 2 weeks" (1 May 2026) Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty — "Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia, Tuapse Hit Again" (1 May 2026) CNN — "'Oil is literally falling from the sky': Russian town fears environmental disaster after Ukrainian drone strikes on refinery" (30 April 2026) ----------